GAL1-3HA-ERB1 cells containing plasmids expressing wild-type or mutant erb1 protein from the pOBD2 vector were grown to an OD600 of 0.6, washed with PBS and treated with 100 mM 2-methyl nicotinic acid imidazolide (NAI) for 20 min at 30°C. Total RNA was extracted with acid phenol:chloroform:isoamyl alcohol (Ambion). Primer extensions of 5 μg of total RNA extracted from NAI-treated cells were performed using Transcriptor Reverse Transcriptase (Roche Diagnostics) with oligonucleotides designed to base-pair with the ITS2 sequence in 27S pre-rRNA (20 (link)).